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Welcome to Potato Creek ...

Potato Creek is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Potato Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1935.

A typical abbreviation for Potato Creek: Potato Crk. (or less commonly used: Potato Ck. or Potato Cr.)

Potato Creek is 2,730 feet [832 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Potato Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Potato Creek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Potato Creek (for example, toward Norris), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Potato Creek: 605

Communities Also Named Potato Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Potato Creek - they are located in Indiana and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Potato Creek.

Communities near Potato Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Potato Creek.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Potato Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Potato Creek.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Potato Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Potato Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Potato Creek ...

Looking for more information about Potato Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Potato Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Potato Creek.

Adding Potato Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Potato Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Potato Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Potato Creek post office opened in 1935. The Potato Creek post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potato Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Potato Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/